Trench warfare, gas warfare, etc



German soldiers in their trenches below.




Two original photos of US "doughboys" from Mr. Johnson's collection.

Below: A Canadian soldier in "No Man's Land" from Google Images.
French 75mm howitzer from Google images.
What a gas attack looked like from the air (google images)
A US doughboy wearing his gasmask



Soldiers blinded by gas

1. Was gas the deadliest weapon during WW1? If not what was?

2. Who, when, where and what type of gas were used in the first recorded gas attack in August 1914?

3. What battle was poison gas first used, what type of gas was it, and what were the results?

4. How was poison gas delivered (give two ways)?

5. What made poison gas an unpredictable weapon?

6. Next to Chlorine, what other types of poison gas were used? What effects did they have on the human body? What color were they?

7.What was the overall impact of poison gas on the war?

8. How many were injured? Killed from poison gas?

9. Which country had the most killed...and how many were killed from poison gas attacks?

Trench Foot

trench_foot

Click here to see the effects of The Great War on some people
(Warning: This is very sad and disturbing original video)
Shell Shock